Category Archives: encouraging couples

Encouraging Words: Support

Sustain & Maintain – Prop – Brace – Uphold In her time – like ours – Christianity was practiced but not often lived. As a young girl she attended church services with her parents and often imagined that the deacon … Continue reading

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Building Strength – Know your “Why”

Define your “why”. Creating a shared vision and defining what a meaningful life means to both parties is the best way to build strength. ~ from  7 Ways to Build Strength into Your Marriage* When a husband and wife team … Continue reading

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Listen to your Love

The first duty of love is to listen. ~ Paul Tillich When your spouse tells you their dreams – their hopes and a vision for the future – do you listen? Recently I was in the studio, watching as a … Continue reading

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Who influences you?

One of my go-to questions when I interview couples is: Is there a person who has had an impact on you as a husband/wife? Sometimes couples immediately identify someone who has impacted their marriage life for the positive.  Often it’ll … Continue reading

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I Love You – Letters

Imagine a book filled with letters – from a husband to his wife. In these letters, spanning the course of about 50 years – 1952-2002 – he tells her how much he loves her and talks about how her love … Continue reading

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